RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Disabilities give some physicians a fresh insight into their profession
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 1492
OP 1494
VO 152
IS 9
A1 E. LeBourdais
YR 1995
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/152/9/1492.abstract
AB Most physicians see disabilities only in the patients they treat, but some doctors speak from personal experience when they say disabilities should not be a barrier to practising medicine. Neurologist Gordon Robinson of Vancouver says the spinal problems that left him a paraplegic could not stop him from practising. Many aspects of his work didn't really require the use of his legs. He could still see patients in the office much as he had before simply by using an examining table that could be lowered. However, it may be more difficult convincing colleagues that physical disabilities are not an insurmountable barrier.